Echo: elfutils: security update to 0.188-2.1+e1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 464058

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- elfutils v0.189 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the handle_verdef() function at
readelf.c. (CVE-2024-25260)

Solution

Update the elfutils library and its related packages to version 0.188-2.1+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-25260

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 464058

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25260